Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-29
rerECs g TaTERKsr.
noNs SONS ABOUT PRACTICAL AND oUnz-
Gus gnxMos.


Gus gnInos.
RenstnT Stanford u confronted wtth q
novel appoEisfOa % bis plans for eatAb-
lirhiuaa efeas unigtrsty 10 California.
A large portion Of the lands which the
aenateg has inoludad IN his endowment
Of the Institution af8h pssseut devoted
10 VINEYARDS fFon which vast Quantities
az vine are prodeced annuaily, and the
idaa az an educ .tional establishment
daftvina It's origin or support from each
noureea Il 60 dfstasicfni 20 certain h.
teFasls that lhsY are making Q vigorous
0hisaiion 20 the eutefpfiae. The ksg.
R,F. Jewell, Meth0dink clergyman Of
Gan Jose, 4 at the bead Of the upp1si
tiun. and under his direction all reiigi
ooa and tempeFsnea organizations are
urned 10 petition senator Stanford, SAX
Inc hirn not 10 endow the new uHiveF-
aIty With ang funds Of property aesa-
mnlaied b. tbo sale Of vine.
A very wise old lsdy who has used her
brain and eyes TO good adyantaRe dur
inc 4 basy ilge Il 81 the opiRioD thai -
thie time of year parents bay toys D.
please themselves rather than 10 please
fhels children. II has been her obiag'
walton thaa children do not care for
TOYS. They pot them aside very soon
after thew qet them, and borrow she
shinRs that adults have. Oasldsen like
playshinaa- thinQs thai something eau
s. aans with OF made ~, Ike baildspa
blocks. tools, ard thas sort Of thing.
One Of che best Of reasons Why toys are
made ii annh Quantities and pushed so
eneFresieally by shopkeepars Ia that
they uosa nsxl te nothing and sell fer
good prices.
n1ieh 81 Cahill, whose talk With
San Francisco reporter apen new
method a rr0daeinE rata has hean
eonled into eastern papers, nppraFs 10
- veil kuaWu tn Washington. AS far
bach a. ISIS. be sent HE application for
a patent for his rain making Invention
" Sue patent office, and AZ eften as The
Law feanifod rtneWed hla eAyeAt BY pay
tDg ef0. The drawing which aee0n-
panied the application was taarvei,
II fnpFpEenset "a Fistnn moon and the
setting sun, balloon, . naa smoking
4 pipe, and il haQe rainstern. When
Osbiil finally went 20 WRshlnsten &c
did got take long for the oihsials 10
confirm thsiE previous impression that
10 YES q crank. AZ tne sane tine they
gard hts crazy ideas With great care
ana TRAIT the whole matter With aHas
Inn seriousness. because be hss not io
anifv abandoned hss Abs8rd eiaim.
uommissicneF Han u particularly in
nlinsd nos 70 aises CahtN % b. male
apogt OF by zee HaFers. Yen may laast
Al me- he said. 'tbnt | have no d0ahg
that the time viii cone shen man wtll
BE- able 20 bring rain cut - the sky
whenever be desires 20 do 50.
With the suceessgei invsnsiaas fas
eheckfna railway trains IL rapid motion
there have o0De comparatively few %
supplement the ordinary FeveFslae Of
engines 30 stop steam Tssscls. A cor
Arivanea for thia iattar perpase seeeally
tried Ia France se q eabie 10 wbich sfe
attached Z series Of canvass saues, thai
open By tha action Of the wstsf. 4
test Of Il With q 7es q sieamiEg 20 thif-
teen kneia is reported sa have resulted
10 strpeinx Der 80 SaNea seconds, aud
within 4 space ~ thirty fsst. While shc
eimpls ftversal Of her engines nnss
oompanied hy the uee # che gable
coald nnlv mtep her la thsxfY-fonf sec
ends, and withiu $50 feet. TIE differ
ence h - great AZ 80 iHdicata \ ssst
Geld % usefalBsaa fer tbs res dsyice in
Wholly prsvsntinG many collisions on
the water and greatly xe3acina the
amonns % iniary IN many mese. TIE
dsvica IL - simpss - peshapq 10 dis
oeorecr faith 10 Il Withoal expsTieace.
a. vas che case ferneFly wals tbs uaa OF
oh fer ealnrrg hteh sgas AFound xss.
eels. In gaee matters tSe simplest AZ
pasAtes Il tihsly 90 Be ths mesi lsisisaf.
-.
"A haa been tGdtesaiig aaeidad Ia has-
toa tat q cigar II = drag and Heay BE-
enld Wsahcat Vtalatioa ~ TIE saedag
laW. From PhiladslVhia SORTS aoetteF
Snnday iAW aaeision. Ga appeal fFam
cha fudemeut % 4 lower eaast. InSes
MllEhsii, u that city, has decided ~ /
che saia ~ meat 90 Sandsy b ieNaL
Tbe lAw unSsF waiaa The tuseasss wsfe
pFs saraisd dated back 10 fT9t. sud prr-
Nibmea eall woslAiy exnplayment en-
eunaay except works cg ehasily an
peseas5ly.n sadse Mhchsll declared ln
sHsci that the sale and Fersasss u
meat lsa acik ~ necessity.